Although men were undeniably in the majority, she noticed several girls walking about unescorted, some even wearing jeans and blouses, but there were still plenty of women who retained the traditional black burga, veils covering their faces as they swayed gracefully in the wake of their men.

I don't really know what to think about the burga issue - don't really buy the over-public-sexuality of the modern western culture, which i've pretty much choose to ignore regarding these things, but how come women couldn't wear what they wanted to?